covare

Italian

Etymology

From Latin cubō (“to lie down”), from Proto-Italic *kubāō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewb-. Doublet of cubare.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /koˈva.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: co‧và‧re

Verb

covàre (first-person singular present cóvo, first-person singular past historic covài, past participle covàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to brood, to incubate (an egg) (keep an egg warm) (of a bird)
  2. (transitive, figurative, by extension) to brood, to protect, to foster
  3. (transitive) to cultivate, to nurture (an emotion, desire, etc.)
    lui cova odio per Enzo
    hatred is welling up (within himself) against Enzo
    (literally, “he is nurturing hatred for Enzo”)
  4. (intransitive) to remain unexpressed; to be bottled up [auxiliary avere]
    covava in lei una rabbia irriducibile
    an unyielding anger was bottled up in her

Conjugation
    Conjugation of covàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive covàre
auxiliary verb avére gerund covàndo
present participle covànte past participle covàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present cóvo cóvi cóva coviàmo covàte cóvano
imperfect covàvo covàvi covàva covavàmo covavàte covàvano
past historic covài covàsti covò covàmmo covàste covàrono
future coverò coverài coverà coverémo coveréte coverànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present coverèi coverésti coverèbbe, coverébbe coverémmo coveréste coverèbbero, coverébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present cóvi cóvi cóvi coviàmo coviàte cóvino
imperfect covàssi covàssi covàsse covàssimo covàste covàssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
cóva cóvi coviàmo covàte cóvino
negative imperative non covàre non cóvi non coviàmo non covàte non cóvino

Derived terms

Further reading
  • covare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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